Apparatus for handling packs of printed signatures



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APPARATUS FOR HANDLING PACKS OF PRINTED SIGNATURES Original Filed March 22, 1962 51 Sheets-Sheet l Oct. 4, 1966 o. KlLE 3,276,609

APPARATUS FOR HANDLING PACKS 0F PRINTED SIGNATURES Original Filed March 22, 1962 E51 Sheets-Sheet 2 Oct. 4, 1966 o. KILE 3,276,609

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1. IN APPARATUS FOR HANDLING PACKS OF PRINTED SIGNATURES, IN COMBINATION: A LOADING STATION; MEANS FOR MOVING NORMALLY EQUALLY SPACED PACKS OF SIGNATURES IN A STREAM END-TO-END TOWARD SAID LOADING STATION; A PLURALITY OF STORAGE RACKS, EACH RACK INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL SETS OF DEPENDING, NORMALLY CLOSED SIGNATURE PACK GRIPPING JAWS; TRANSFER MEANS FOR MOVING AN EMPTY RACK STEPWISE THROUGH SAID LOADING STATION ACROSS THE END OF SAID STREAM OF SIGNATURES SO AS TO ALIGN EACH SET OF JAWS MOMENTARILY WITH SAID STREAM; MEANS AT THE LOADING STATION FOR OPENING EACH SET OF JAWS TO RECEIVE A PACK OF SIGNATURES AND FOR THEN RELEASING SAID JAWS; RECIPROCATING SIGNATURE FEED CLAMPS FOR FEEDING A PACK OF SIGNATURES INTO THE OPEN SET OF JAWS AT THE LOADING STATION; AND MEANS FOR OPENING AND CLOSING SAID CLAMPS IN TIMED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RECIPROCATION OF THE CLAMPS AND THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE JAWS. 